Are Plastic Flower Pots Really Okay to Use?

Islam

Islam

Active Member
I'm kind of paranoid of Bisphenol A leaking into the soil and being absorbed by the plant.

BPA (bisphenol A) is a synthetic estrogen found in many plastics and causes complications in the natural development of humans.
 
elduece

elduece

Active Member
If you don't feel good about it, don't do it. I think as long as you don't cook in it, scratch lining or pour hot liquid into it -you should be fine.
 
ghettorigger

ghettorigger

Member
You can make pots out of un treated wood. In my opinion the wood breathes better too. What but i have never heard of this.
 
Vapekush

Vapekush

Active Member
I totally understand your concern with the plastic pot, but honestly so much of everything we consume comes in contact with plastic its kind of like what's the point? Maybe there's no BPA in your weed but it's in your milk and cereal.
 
drolove

drolove

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your really worried about that? everything you can buy at the stores as far as plants go pretty much come in plastic pots? slim chance a company could make flowering pots that leak anything into our soils inside that could be harmful to use. just stay away from anything painted from china. those people and their lead paints....
 
Nullis

Nullis

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Check what kind of plastic it is made from. Mine appear to be #2 (HDPE). According to the research I've done this kind of plastic doesn't leach BPA, and it doesn't appear there are any known health concerns associated with it.

Type 3 plastic is PVC, which is the kind of plastic for which there are concerns regarding bisphenol a. BPA may be used in the manufacture of PVC products as a plasticizer, and polycarbonate plastics (#7) are made from BPA. The compound bisphenol a is organic (contains carbon) and has two phenol functional groups. Phenolic compounds are various and prevalent in nature and in plants. Apparently bisphenol a exhibits weak hormone-like effects in humans, mimicking estrogen, as an endocrine-disruptor, may disrupt the thyroid, etc.

I read one article that stated BPA is taken up by plant roots, metabolized in certain was and then distributed into plant tissues. The research determined that at the right concentration, BPA acted as cytokinin-like compound (plant hormone), stimulating growth and shoot differentiation (in carrots).

I would just avoid #3 and #7 plastics.
 
Islam

Islam

Active Member
Nullis said:
Check what kind of plastic it is made from. Mine appear to be #2 (HDPE). According to the research I've done this kind of plastic doesn't leach BPA, and it doesn't appear there are any known health concerns associated with it.

Type 3 plastic is PVC, which is the kind of plastic for which there are concerns regarding bisphenol a. BPA may be used in the manufacture of PVC products as a plasticizer, and polycarbonate plastics (#7) are made from BPA. The compound bisphenol a is organic (contains carbon) and has two phenol functional groups. Phenolic compounds are various and prevalent in nature and in plants. Apparently bisphenol a exhibits weak hormone-like effects in humans, mimicking estrogen, as an endocrine-disruptor, may disrupt the thyroid, etc.

I read one article that stated BPA is taken up by plant roots, metabolized in certain was and then distributed into plant tissues. The research determined that at the right concentration, BPA acted as cytokinin-like compound (plant hormone), stimulating growth and shoot differentiation (in carrots).

I would just avoid #3 and #7 plastics.
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Very informative! Thanks a bunch! I think I'll go with clay/glass pots, although they're really expensive!!

Really sad to see that lots of companies are worried more about income than their customers' health.
 
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problemsolver

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Thermoplastics will not dissolute anything unless brought to extreme temperatures. You can wiki that. I'm not trying to oppose any point of view. I just go by evidence.
 
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